Sanctuary Asia

The Sanctuary Nature Foundation’s flagship Sanctuary Asia magazine founded and edited by Bittu Sahgal has been in continuous publication since 1981 and remains India's leading and best-loved magazine in its genre. Browse through select articles from our past issues.
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Tiger, Lord Of The Jungle
October 2010: The authors use text and images to stir us to action to protect the tiger. They ask with some consternation: “Is the tiger on the road to extinc

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Protected Areas Of Bangladesh, A...
October 2010: The author, a wildlife biologist, is Assistant Professor of Zoology in Bangladesh’s Jahangirnagar University. The book is an outcome of many yea

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Yamuna In Spate, Jairam Ramesh Fo...
October 26, 2010: The National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) has formulated a concept paper for water augmentation in the 22km stretch of the Yamuna tha

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Jairam To Discuss Posco Fate Toda...
October 26, 2010: The fate of the Rs 54,000-crore Posco steel plant in Orissa will be discussed tomorrow when the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) will meet Un

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Jairam Picked Activists For POSCO...
October 26, 2010: The 3-1 conclusion of the POSCO panel that all clearances to the Rs 50,000-crore project be scrapped should haven’t come as a surprise to at

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Plea To Delhi For Cracker Of A Di...
October 26, 2010: Cracker manufacturers are straining at the leash to wake up the sleeping decibel devil this Diwali with central minister Saugata Roy petitio

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Final Decision On Navi Mumbai Air...
October 26, 2010, (PTI): Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh today indicated that the final decision on the much-delayed Navi Mumbai airport project may be tak

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UPPCB To Take Action Against 252...
October 25, 2010, (PTI): The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board is all set to take action against 252 tanneries, which were served notices after they faile

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Rs 600-cr Project To Revive Mula-...
October 26, 2010: Aquatic flora and fauna may thrive and cruising along the waterways may become a reality when this project to rejuvenate the city's Mula-Mut

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Enviro Reversal Risks Posco's $12...
October 22, 2010, Mumbai, India (AP): A government panel wants to withdraw environmental clearances for South Korean steel giant Posco to build a $12 billion

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Hearing In The Midst Of Mining A...
October 23, 2010: Dhaurabhata is a small village on the edge of a coal mine. Today, it will play host to an unusual public hearing. Its people, and those from

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Assertive India Green Policy No R...
October 22, 2010, New Delhi, (Reuters): India's increasingly assertive green policy may have put on hold several multi-billion dollar mega-projects, as conser

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